By turns shocking and lyrical, unblinking and raw, the searingly honest memoirs of Eldridge Cleaver are a testament to his unique place in American history.

Eldridge Cleaver's letters from Folsom Prison in which he reveals his sensibility and his literary prowess

Letters and essays from Folsom State Prison during the early 1960's lay bare Cleaver's ideas about himself as an Afro-American and the society which has nurtured him

[This book is a] honest memoirs of Eldridge Cleaver. [It is a] testament to his unique place in American history. [In the book, he] shows us, on the pages of this now classic ...